Re: DRI on Slot-Loading iMac
On Mit, 2003-03-19 at 16:14, Jeffrey Matt wrote:
>
> I'm running Debian unstable with 2.4.20-ben8 configured with agpgart as
> a module, Direct Rendering Manager enabled, and the rage128 enabled.
> I'm trying to compile this with Michel Dänzer's DRM-trunk-modules, and
> xserver-xfree86-dri and xlibmesa3-dri-trunk installed.
You don't need the dri-trunk packages for the r128 driver, DRI has been
working with that since 4.1.0. The DRM in the kernel might still be too
old for 4.2.0 though...
> When I compile the modules, I can't install the drm-trunk-modules because
> they are attempting to overwrite those that the kernel put in place.
> So I've tried it without kernel support for DRM and the rage128 but that
> didn't work either.
... which this addresses adequately.
> (WW) R128(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 9216 kB
> video memory
This is the problem. The amount of video RAM you have only allows for
the DRI to be enabled at a lower virtual resolution or depth.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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